Kevin Shalvey
R.I. multi-family home sales jump in 1Q
WARWICK – In the first three months of 2009, Rhode Island’s multi-family home sales more than doubled, fueled by dropping prices and “distressed” sales,...
Deep-water construction impact on fisheries studied
Deep-water wind turbine farms have been built throughout the United Kingdom and in Germany and Denmark, but studies on the effects of their...
R.I. stations complete switch to DTV signal
Rhode Island is one of just a couple of states where all the local over-the-air broadcast television stations have switched fully from analog signal...
NAR economist expects R.I. home sales to increase
Lawrence Yun, the National Association of Realtors chief economist, last week said homebuyer confidence should pick up once potential buyers take note of “all...
Economy putting damper on Waterfire fundraising
WaterFire Providence expects to hold fewer events this year than last, due to weakened fundraising in a down economy. Organizers are trying to counter...
Home prices plummeting, sales stay flat
WARWICK – In the first three months of the 2009, the median price of a single-family home in Rhode Island fell to $180,000, 26.53...
DBVW wins Preservation Massachusetts Award
PROVIDENCE – Durkee, Brown, Viveiros & Werenfels Architects has won Preservation Massachusetts inaugural Robert H. Kuehn Jr. Award for the redevelopment of Lowell’s Davis...
DEM seeks proposals for onshore wind farm
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Environmental Management (DEM), working with Narragansett officials, has put out a request for proposal for the construction of...
Core Logic: Home prices drop 15.02% from Feb. ’08
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Home prices in the Providence-New Bedford-Fall River metropolitan area in February were 15.02 percent lower than the same 2008 month, marking...
Seekonk gym chain to open in Rumford Center
EAST PROVIDENCE – PUNCH Kettlebell Gym, a Seekonk-based gym chain, has leased a 2,800-square-foot space in the Rumford Center.
The lease, brokered by Providence’s...












